I'm not planning to buy Total Heroes. I'm just not interested in starting a new line/style what with all the time, money, and effort I've put into DCUC over the years. It's really too bad the sub died, but that's a whole other topic.

After seeing the pics of this line its a pass for me. But with the lull in collecting Im currently in (save for Lego Super Heroes) I can see me breaking down and buying,say, Black Manta and Martian Manhunter(should he be produced) because Im a fan of both of those characters. The look of these isnt very appealing though. Not as bad Beware the Batman stuff, but too close to BATB, which I didnt care for. And sort of like the Imaginext figures, but enlarged.

One thing that I find surprising is that Mattel says that there will be 10 figures at Retail in 2014. Then they also plan Quarterly exclusives on Mattycollector, like Black Manta.

Only 4 figures in wave 1 ?SupermanBatmanGreen LanternSinestro

I don't think that a good idea. It's going to kill the line. Well the sooner the better, as some people say.You can go to a Target store and see their wave 1 exclusive Justice League figures filling the pegs.SupermanBatman Green LanternFlash

Aquaman's an A-lister due to Super Friends. He may be a joke to many people but everyone still knows who he is. The same cannot be said for either Flash or Green Lantern (and Green Lantern actually had a big budget movie). Both of those guys are second tier with the general public right now but I'd bet anything they will FINALLY move up to A list once the Flash and Justice League movies hit. And I hate to say it, as great as JLU was it was still a cartoon that aired sporadically on cable. It had a huge fanbase but it didn't register with the general public the way Super Friends or even Batman: The Animated Series did, so Flash and Green Lantern, while both getting their profiles raised a bit, didn't actually become household names.

Catwoman is an A-lister too due to the Adam West Batman series and Batman Returns. I count A-listers as characters that people who hate superheroes and think they are for babies could name. The few major characters that have seeped into the pop-culture zeitgiest in the same way Star Wars or say, Seinfeld has. There are not a ton of DC characters that fit this mold. I think only ten currently really qualify (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Joker, Aquaman, Lex Luthor, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler).

What about Two-Face and Bane. Both were in huge money making films from Nolan.Lois Lane and Zod for Superman.

Bane yes, Two-Face no. He was only on-screen in The Dark Knight for about twenty minutes (if that) and I don't even remember them calling him Two-Face. But yeah, Bane might someday become an A-lister if he isn't already. My problem with calling him that now is that The Dark Knight Rises is nowhere NEAR as great or memorable as The Dark Knight. Still, you're right a LOT of people did see that movie, even if it was inferior, and Bane was certainly the most memorable part about it.

Forgot about Lois and Zod but you can't really make a Lois figure that will sell anyways so its kinda moot (same with Alfred who is probably just as famous as Lois). And there have been a dearth of Zod action figures not in any Movie Masters type line. The guy is seriously underrepresented in plastic compared to how famous he is.

There are not a ton of DC characters that fit this mold. I think only ten currently really qualify (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Joker, Aquaman, Lex Luthor, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler).

Although I'd swap out Aquaman for Lois Lane (the archetypical damsel in distress), it's hard to disagree with that list. Although ten legit A-listers is impressive. Except for Star Wars (Han, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Yoda, Obi Wan, 3CPO, R2-D2, Vader, maybe one or two I'm forgetting), no one I can think of else is close. Marvel certainly doesn't have more (Spider Man, Wolverine, Hulk, Captain America, and Iron Man thanks to Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal).

_________________I turn my back on you for two seconds, and suddenly you're 80 years old and covered in robots!

If you want to talk Marvel, most people know the Fantastic Four and many of the X-men, which would put their numbers at least as high as DC's. and I would say many people know Doom and Magneto.

As much as I like Dr. Doom and Magneto, they are A/B at best. If we are counting them, then you have to count Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman and possibly the Wonder Twins and Captain Marvel. That's also why I couldn't include Thor, despite the movies. I suppose one could make the argument since he's a mythological character, but I think he's B-list also.

Non-comic book fans may have heard of the Fantastic Four and certainly heard of the X-Men, but I doubt they could name the members excluding Wolverine. I'd even bet most non-comic book fans that heard of the X-Men think Wolverine is the leader. Mr. Fantastic, Cyclops and Storm aren't A-list.

_________________I turn my back on you for two seconds, and suddenly you're 80 years old and covered in robots!

But non-comic book fans don't watch comic-book movies, so they don't know Magneto from them.

Maybe, as J1h commented, you have a different definition of A-list, which is fine. When I say A-list, I mean people who don't care one iota about superheroes knows who they are. For example, I haven't and don't care to ever watch Sex in the City, but I know who Carrie is. The producers of Family Matters originally expected Steve Urkel to be a very minor character, but he's by far the most popular character on the show. Most people don't know the main family's last name, and probably don't know the name of the show, but they know Urkel.

Kids who watched the X-Men cartoon in the 90s may know the main members; the kids that didn't may have heard of the X-Men, but couldn't tell you who Cyclops and Magneto are.

_________________I turn my back on you for two seconds, and suddenly you're 80 years old and covered in robots!

But non-comic book fans don't watch comic-book movies, so they don't know Magneto from them.

You think only comic book fans watched The Avengers or The Dark Knight?

Anyway, I have no interest in this Total Heroes line. I don't like the cartoony style or the level of parts reuse. I don't know how many people noticed that they all have the same legs and upper arms, and everyone besides Aquaman has the same torso (Supes and Bats have the neck cut out so the fabric capes can tuck in).